trait
See also: traït
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French trait (“line, feature”), from Latin tractus (“drawing, pulling”), from Latin trahō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tregʰ- (“to drag, pull?”), perhaps a variation of *dʰregʰ- (“to pull, draw, drag”). Doublet of tract.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɹeɪt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- (traditional British pronunciation, now virtually obsolete) enPR: trā, IPA(key): /tɹeɪ/
- Rhymes: -eɪt, -eɪ
- Homophones: tray, trey (one pronunciation)
Noun
trait (plural traits)
- (biology, psychology) An identifying characteristic, habit or trend.
- Synonym: characteristic
- 1856, Ralph Waldo Emerson, English Traits, Truth:
- The English, of all classes, value themselves on this trait, as distinguishing them from the French, who, in the popular belief, are more polite than true.
- 1916, John Dewey, Democracy and Education:
- The positive and constructive aspect of possibility gives the key to understanding the two chief traits of immaturity, dependence and plasticity.
- 2003, Robert S. Siegler; Judy S. DeLoache; Nancy Eisenberg, How Children Develop, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 89:
- Turning to our second trait, if you have straight hair, then both of your parents must carry an allele for this trait.
- The number one personality trait I hate is hypocrisy. Why can't you be consistent!?
- (object-oriented programming) An uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface.
- Coordinate terms: mixin, interface, class
- Traits are somewhat between an interface and a mixin.
- 2006, Nathaniel J. Nystrom, Programming languages for scalable software extension and composition:
- Traits are parametrized on other methods, which must be provided to create a class using the trait. Using a trait-like mechanism to compose large collections of mutually-dependent classes or traits could lead to parameter explosion.
Derived terms
- character trait
- traitlike
Related terms
- tract
- tractate
- treat
- treaty
Translations
an identifying characteristic, habit or trend
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uninstantiable collection of methods that provides functionality to a class by using the class’s own interface
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Further reading
- trait at OneLook Dictionary Search
trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - phenotypic trait on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- trait (computer programming) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Attri, Ratti, ittar, tiatr
French
Etymology
From Old French trait, from Latin tractus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tʁɛ/
audio (file)
Noun
trait m (plural traits)
- line
- trait
- color of a mineral
- (dated) the action of hauling or pulling (by an animal of burden)
- (dated) straps or cords placed on an animal of burden and attached to the vehicle which the animal pulls
- (obsolete) an action reflecting a favorable or adverse intention by one person toward another
- a remarkable or influential historical event
- a particular passage in a speech that is well-written; an excellent or appealing characteristic of a speech
- a vibrant, brilliant, or innovative idea
- (religion) verses sung in a Mass between the gradual and the gospel reading
- connection or link between one thing and another
- (geology) color of the dust produced by a mineral
- (chess, checkers) the privilege of taking the first turn/move
- (oriented-object programming) trait
Derived terms
- avoir trait à
- cheval de trait
- forcer le trait
- grossir le trait
- tirer un trait
- trait d'esprit
- trait d'union
- trait pour trait
Related terms
- traire
- traiter
- traité
Verb
trait
- inflection of traire:
- third-person singular present indicative
- third-person singular past historic
Participle
trait (feminine traite, masculine plural traits, feminine plural traites)
- past participle of traire
Further reading
- “trait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- tarit, tarît, tirât, titra, triât